Guinness World Records e-book honours bizarre sporting feats

The world’s fastest man on two legs
Usain Bolt may have assured his place in the record books – but would he be in the same league as the fastest man on all fours?

Japan’s Kenichi Ito set the record for the fastest 100m on all fours (Picture: Guinness World Records/PA)

Japan’s Kenichi Ito has clocked up the quickest four-legged 100m at 18.58 seconds, crossing the line a mere nine seconds behind Bolt.

Primate enthusiast Ito, 29, spent years honing his technique, which is inspired by the running style of the West African patas monkey. His record is one of many bizarre sporting achievements featured in Guinness World Records’ first ebook, including shin-kicking, shallow diving and bog snorkelling.

British champions include strong man John Evans, from Derbyshire.He carried a 159.6kg (352lb) Mini Cooper on his head for more than half a minute in 1999 and still holds the record. Dee McDougall holds the women’s record for the fastest 100m space hopper race, which she completed in 39.88 seconds.

And Natalie Bent, from Maidstone in Kent, has the record for the World Bog Snorkelling Triathlon.

She achieved it in Wales in a time of two hours, 45 minutes and 40 seconds.

Britain also boasts the record for the longest running shin-kicking competition, which has taken place since 1636 as part of Robert Dover’s Cotswold Olimpicks in Gloucestershire. Fearless ‘Professor Splash’ – also know as 50-year-old Darren Taylor from Colorado – broke his own record for shallow diving last year when he plunged from 11.20m (36ft 8.94in) into 30cm (12in) of water.

Afterwards he admitted: ‘Yes, it hurts, but the pain lasts for a minute – while the glory lasts a lifetime.’